Opta supercomputer ta annabta cewa Spain za ta doke Argentina, wadanda suke rike da kofin duniya, a karshen gasar FIFA World Cup 2026 da za a buga a New Jersey ran Lahadi. Opta ta bai wa Spain kashi 59 na ɗari na damar ɗaukar kofin, yayin da Argentina suke da kashi 41 na ɗari na iya kiyaye taken da suka samu a Qatar.

Messi yana jagorantar Argentina zuwa wani karshe

Argentina ta kai karshen gasar ta hanyar ban mamaki, inda suka doke Ingila a wasan kusa da karshe a Atlanta. Anthony Gordon ya buɗe maki don Ingila, amma lokacin da Argentina ta fara ganin fita, Lionel Messi — mai shekaru 39 a yanzu kuma kusan yana buga Kofin Duniya na ƙarshe a rayuwarsa — ya bayar da taimakawa guda biyu a minti 85 da 92 don kai ƙungiyarsa ga ƙarshen wasa a wani komawar ban sha'awa a ƙarshen lokaci.

Wannan yanayi na saɓo ya saba yake ne ga Argentina a wannan gasar. Sun buƙaci ƙarin lokaci sau biyu, da Cabo Verde da Switzerland, kuma sun samu dawowar maki a ƙarshen wasan knockout da Misira da Ingila. Jerin wasannin da ba a doke su ba a Kofin Duniya ya kai wasa 13 yanzu, yayin da shan kashinsu na ƙarshe ya faru da Saudi Arabia a matakin rukuni na gasar 2022 a Qatar.

Spain ta fitar da Faransa a wanin gefen jadawalin

Spain ta kai karshen gasar ta hanyar kawo ƙarshen begen Faransa na kaiwa karshen gasar a jere a karo na uku. A Dallas, kwallaye daga Mikel Oyarzabal da Pedro Porro sun tabbatar da nasara ta 2-0 da ta yi shiru ga Kylian Mbappe da Ousmane Dembele a sakamakon da 'yan kaɗan suka yi sa'a.

Ƙungiyar Luis de la Fuente ta nuna cewa ita ce mai ƙarfin gwiwa a tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu masu fafatawa. Spain ta karɓi kwal ɗaya kawai a duk gasar — sabanin kwallaye bakwai na Argentina — kuma, ban da 'yan lokutan da Mikel Merino ya ci kwallaye a ƙarshen wasa, sun ci gaba da sauƙi.

Spain tana fafutar kaiwa karshen gasar ta farko tun bayan nasararta ta 2010

Halin yana da girma sosai ga Spain. Wannan shine karshen gasar Kofin Duniya na farko da suka kai tun shekarar 2010, lokacin da suka lashe taken duniya ɗaya da suke da shi a ƙwallon ƙafa na maza. A cikin shekaru da suka biyo baya, ba su wuce zagaye na 16 ba, wanda hakan ya sa tafiyarsu zuwa New Jersey ta zama ta musamman.

Idan annabcin supercomputer ya tabbata, zai zama babbar nasara ta biyar ta Spain tun shekarar 2008 — nasara mai tabbatar da wata zamanin tsara. Ga Argentina da Messi, duk da haka, sha'awar tabbatar da cewa na'urorin lissafi sun kuskura ba ta taɓa zama mai ƙarfi haka a baya ba.